APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/visional-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32977:1" rel="noopener">Visional Inc (4194 JP)</a> had raised US$609m in its Japan IPO in April 2021, where it had been priced at the top end after books were reportedly multiple times covered.</li>
<li>Visional is a HR technology company based in Japan. The company operates BizReach, an online recruiting platform that helps to connect professional job seekers to direct employers and third-party recruiters. </li>
<li>The Pre-IPO shareholder, YJ2 Investment, will be released from its lockup on 16th Apr 2022, 360 days post-listing.</li>
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Visional Inc (4194 JP) had raised US$609m in its Japan IPO in April 2021, where it had been priced at the top end after books were reportedly multiple times covered.
Visional is a HR technology company based in Japan. The company operates BizReach, an online recruiting platform that helps to connect professional job seekers to direct employers and third-party recruiters. 
The Pre-IPO shareholder, YJ2 Investment, will be released from its lockup on 16th Apr 2022, 360 days post-listing.


Visional IPO Lock-Up - Shares Have Performed Well, a Small Lock-Up Expiry to Look At

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/money-forward-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25919:1" rel="noopener">Money Forward (3994 JP)</a> reported 1QFY11/2022 results yesterday. 1Q revenue grew 37.0% YoY to JPY4.8bn and beat consensus estimates by 4.4%.</li>
<li>Operating losses for the quarter was JPY1.6bn and accounted for around 34.7% of revenues during the period.</li>
<li>MF’s SAAS model has started taking-off, we would highlight that string user growth comes at the cost of heavy advertising and subsidies.</li>
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Money Forward (3994 JP) reported 1QFY11/2022 results yesterday. 1Q revenue grew 37.0% YoY to JPY4.8bn and beat consensus estimates by 4.4%.
Operating losses for the quarter was JPY1.6bn and accounted for around 34.7% of revenues during the period.
MF’s SAAS model has started taking-off, we would highlight that string user growth comes at the cost of heavy advertising and subsidies.


Money Forward: SAAS Model Begins to Take-Off but Interpret 1Q Results with Caution

Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

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<li>Q1 results are better than expected, achieving record-high quarterly growth in SaaS revenue</li>
<li>Growth is driven by Corporate Customer ARR, which rose by 47% YoY</li>
<li>For growth investors, Money Forward is out top pick in Japan</li>
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Q1 results are better than expected, achieving record-high quarterly growth in SaaS revenue
Growth is driven by Corporate Customer ARR, which rose by 47% YoY
For growth investors, Money Forward is out top pick in Japan


Money Forward (3994) - Surprisingly Strong SaaS Sales

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

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<li>Sequoia Capital India, one of the key shareholders of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freshworks-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34147:1" rel="noopener">Freshworks (FRSH US)</a> , made notable insider purchases in March. This is the biggest insider buying since IPO in 2021. </li>
<li>According to SEC filings, venture capital firm acquired ~5 million <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freshworks-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34147:1" rel="noopener">Freshworks (FRSH US)</a>  shares at an average price of <strong>$17.38</strong> per share. </li>
<li>We believe that strong insider buying may indicate a bottom in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freshworks-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34147:1" rel="noopener">Freshworks (FRSH US)</a>  stock after significant multiple compression in the technology software sector. </li>
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Sequoia Capital India, one of the key shareholders of Freshworks (FRSH US) , made notable insider purchases in March. This is the biggest insider buying since IPO in 2021. 
According to SEC filings, venture capital firm acquired ~5 million Freshworks (FRSH US)  shares at an average price of $17.38 per share. 
We believe that strong insider buying may indicate a bottom in Freshworks (FRSH US)  stock after significant multiple compression in the technology software sector. 


Sequoia Capital India Acquired ~$87 Million Worth Of Freshworks Shares In March

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Nomura Research Institute / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research.</li>
<li>This is not the first sale by Nomura and hence, might not come as a complete surprise.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
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Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research.
This is not the first sale by Nomura and hence, might not come as a complete surprise.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


Nomura Research Placement - Has Sold Before, Deal Might Be More Reflective on the Parent's Results

Japan

freee K.K. develops software products. The Company produces cloud based accounting softwares, automatic online accounting systems, and other products. freee provides its services throughout Japan.

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Freee KK (4478 JP)

Visional IPO Lock-Up - Shares Have Performed Well, a Small Lock-Up Expiry to Look At

Visional Inc (4194 JP) had raised US$609m in its Japan IPO in April 2021, and the Pre-IPO shareholder, YJ2 Investment, will be released from its...

Clarence Chu

Money Forward: SAAS Model Begins to Take-Off but Interpret 1Q Results with Caution

Despite beating consensus, we think MF’s 1Q results should be interpreted with caution. Though MF’s SAAS business model has started seeing...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Money Forward (3994) - Surprisingly Strong SaaS Sales

Money Forward has one of the largest SaaS/Fintech platforms in Japan and is a key beneficiary of corporate digital transformation in Japan.

Mark Chadwick

Sequoia Capital India Acquired ~$87 Million Worth Of Freshworks Shares In March

We maintain our bullish view on Freshworks and see notable insider buying as a strong interest among key shareholders, including Sequoia Capital India

Andrei Zakharov

Nomura Research Placement - Has Sold Before, Deal Might Be More Reflective on the Parent's Results

Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research. This won't be the first selldown by the parent.

Sumeet Singh

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